A taste of Loutra

A taste of Loutra

Next stop is a little community called Loutra. Loutra literally means baths/bathhouse!The villagegotits namefrom the hot springs that exist there, famousfortheir healingproperties. The first spring was discovered by a farmer whowas lookingforsulfur to sprinkle onhisvines.Afterthe end ofWorld War II, residentsblastedthe rockswithdynamite and out of them gushed hydrosulfide with a watertemperature of 39C/102F. There used to be volcano in the area and that’s what makes these springs so unique.

Unfortunately i do not have any photos of the springs, or the luxurious spa but i can tell you this…Hydrosylfide stinks!!! No, i mean it really stinks! My dad used to visit the springs and i still remember how he smelled like a rotten egg combined with a hot fart. I hope you were not eating while reading this, if you were i’m really sorry…but it’s true 😛

I’ll try to make it up to you with some photos of the area around Loutra. Click on them to start a full screen gallery view 🙂

Day 16 of the V-Light Art Sale and we are now at 61% 😀 I’ll be making a more detailed post about my campaign tomorrow as we will reach the mid point of the duration. Shares are always welcome! 😉

Fab Alex…
I really like the dragon back rocks.
A few years ago I worked in Iceland for a couple of months and stayed in a Hotel just outside Reykavik where hot spring water was actual used in the taps….
Try brushing your teeth in eggy/farty water…..I only managed it once.
🙂

Not a single pic….I was managing a 4×4 glacier drive event for Landrover and there were about half a dozen pro-shooters covering the event…I was too embarrassed to whip out the bridge camera I was using at the time…..
Ah well.